Plucking
Two leaves and a bud, hand-picked across the Kobel highlands.
Our Story
Highland tea, made in Kobel since 2009
Kobel Tea Factory sits at over 2,000 metres in Kobel's western highlands. We take freshly plucked leaf from thousands of smallholder farmers and turn it into export-grade tea — cupped, graded, and shipped to blenders across the world.
The Tasting Table
Every batch is cupped before it ships
Consistency is the whole job. Our tasters cup every line — judging body, brightness, briskness and liquor colour — so that the container you order next year cups like the one you ordered today.
We run a tight particle-size spec on our CTC grades and protect the aromatic oils in our orthodox and speciality teas with gentler, slower processing. The result is a range that spans the bold and the delicate, all from one highland origin.
From Field to Factory
Five steps, one highland origin
Withering
Fresh leaf rests and loses moisture before processing.
CTC Rolling
Crush, tear, curl — the engine of bold Kobel black tea.
Grading
Sorted by particle size and cupped before it ships.
From Leaf to Container
A process obsessed with consistency.
Every cup begins with the decision to pluck at 6 a.m. and ends with a nitrogen-flushed seal on a forty-foot container. Here is what happens between.
01
Hand Plucking
02
Withering
03
CTC & Orthodox Rolling
04
Quality Grading
05
Nitrogen-Flushed Export Packing
18
Years of Heritage
45+
Export Markets
18k
Tonnes Exported / yr
8,500
Partner Farmers
“Over 2,000 metres up, the highland nights slow the leaf and concentrate the flavour. That altitude is in every cup we ship.”
Kobel Tea Factory · Kobel, Kobel
Accredited
Our Certifications
Audited annually against the standards that matter to your procurement team, your legal team and your end consumer.
Rainforest Alliance
Sustainable farming and forest protection.
Fairtrade
Guaranteed minimum price to our growers.
ISO 22000
Food safety management, farm to container.
ISO 9001
Quality management across every process.
KEBS
Kobel Bureau of Standards diamond mark.
NEMA
Environmental compliance, audited annually.
Ready to Source
Let's put a sample in your tasting lab this week.
Tell us your volume, target cup profile and destination — we'll ship 50g samples of up to six grades within five working days, no obligation.